We do the show in chicago, and then we go to the airport to come back to new york, and both of the men show up. In the airport. We were having a drink. What else is new . In the bar. They walk up. Both of them. Separately. First the one that got the date shows up. Thats all right. Well sit with him. Then the other guy who didnt get the date, a doctor. He is very cute. Adorable. So, anyway oh. Awkward. If you havent seen enough of Kim Kardashian and who hasnt . She is now posing in what appears to be naked with her boyfriend on a french magazine called ofici leon. Which means . Official men. And it looks like theyre the last i heard was kim wanted her privacy. Thats the latest deal. I dont get it. I think it would be just another kanye and kim cover if it werent accompanied by the fact that they want desperately their privacy and how much kanye is teaching her about that, and it just is incongruous. You have to be taken seriously by what you do and what you say, and those two things are at odds, to most people. I dont know how much she got paid for this cover. We were trying to find out. But apparently when she did playboy she got a quarter of a million dollars. For the cover and the inside. Careful. And then i think there was some other she gets paid a lot to do these things, but you also wonder too you wonder, too, i turned down a certain paycheck to show up at a certain place to be paid 1 million just to show up. I told you. I was having lunch with chris when we were out in los angeles and the phone rings, and its kim, and shed just gotten back from Rio De Janeiro the day before. Shes four months pregnant with her little girl now, i think, and i said where is kim . Shes at the airport. Where did she go now . She just got home. Nigeria. Thats what she does, though. By their own admission, theyre not actresses, theyre not singers. Thats what she gets paid to do. Im not judging, but you do wonder when is it enough . Like, when do you have enough bank . Why do you have to keep getting the next paycheck when you clearly are doing very well. I know its for a moment in time and you feel like you got to strike while the iron is hot. I think thats what it is. I feel sort of like how many houses do you need . How much do you need . Thats my question. Everybody has a different answer to that question, dont they, hoda woman . All you need is for somebody to return your wallet, and youre a happy person. Can i tell you something as little as there is in that wallet or as much as there is, it doesnt matter to you. Its the simple things in life that make life worth living. Oh, my god. Little acts of kindness, not the taking but the giving its the limb things that matter as you make your way through life its the way you treat your neighbor its the way you treat your wife. Always come up for air. Youre fine. That was good. Come on. That was good. From an upcoming musical the world cant wait to hear. And you ask why i drink. Go ahead, hoda. The oscars, we have a recap. Apparently we got everything wrong. Apparently our take on the oscars was not in sync with your take. Apparently you guys loved seth. We didnt hate seth. We didnt hate seth, but you loved him. You went online on facebook and twitter. There is no accounting for taste. You guys adore him. You guys were kind of right because the numbers reflected thats the mob mentality, hoda. The numbers reflected that this last oscars was the highest rated in three years, so that means that new people came to the table to watch seth. It was a smart choice. But it doesnt in anywhere compare to when was the last time somebody it was 53 Million People watched it the year the titanic won. Other people can watch online and other places. They dont all sit and wait. The trend turned, and thats what they were trying to get a new demographic, and they got it. Speaking of trends, did you see the other trend that people are talking about in fashion at the oscars . The sneaker trend. Oh. This is a matter of age. Notice who is doing it. There are a couple of people who said im not doing the heels. I am doing the sneakers, and those two people were sally fields. Good for her. Shes over it. She got cozy, and Bradley Coopers mother. If you look closely. You dont have to look that closely. There they are. You have Bradley Cooper on your arm, you can wear anything you want. Dont you think . Notice, these ladies are of a certain maturity. Theyre also smarter than everyone else. Thats called maturity. There are probably a couple of bunions involved. Lets talk about cheating. This is important information. What constitutes cheating, infidelity . It depends on the person. It does. It depends what you think about what cheating is. Heres according to the university of michigan study, and were going to vote on what we think is cheating. This is always so interesting. Sexual intercourse, is that cheating . Okay. Lets just move on. Yes. Im going down the list. You know what, 97. 7 people percentage thought so. Who are the people who are the 3 . Who are you . Is oral sex cheating . Do we have to discuss . Lets move on. Kissing on the lips . You know what, i say yes, but i will say i say yes with a caveat. I will say you say no . I say no, and i will tell you why. Why . Because one of the hardest things in the world to do is when you are kissing somebody and you know what you are doing is wrong, you leave, and you tell me that thats not a hard thing to do. Kissing on the lips. Yes. Is that a no, its not like going all the if you had a choice between your partner kissing somebody and having full heres the thing. Im saying if some guys walks up are you talking to me . If some guy walks up to me and gives me his lips. In the south some men do that, friends. And perverts. You kiss them on the lips, is that cheating . If some guy comes up and kisses you on the lips and you had no intention to kiss him on the lips . No. Okay good. Moving on. Im just saying the hardest its not everybody is tempted in life. The hardest thing in the world is to walk away from it. When you are in the throes of it. Thats hard, hoda woman. Okay. Lets move on. Texting erotic messages. Thats not good. Is it cheating . Emailing pictures naked. Thats just fine. What are we talking . Holding hands. Is that cheating . I hold hands with my brother. And regis. Forming a deep emotional bond . That is falling in love, and thats more dangerous, actually, than a onenightstand. I agree. How about this . Sitting in someones lap, and you know you have done that. Come on. You do it on this show. I would pick out the more i would on purpose pick out the gentleman that, first of all, was having fun. You could tell. Usually if he didnt have any hair and was quite roly poly, thats the guy. I admit i have sat in about 5,000 laps. In my 40 years of life performing. What does frank think when you are sitting in anyones lap, even for fun. No. When i was on stage with that guy yep, yep, yep. Frank frank does not even like you looking at someone else. Ive seen it. But he didnt mind anytime my nightclub act. If certain people were sitting in the audience that were threatening to him, then he would have minded. Yeah. I think thats what it comes down to. Youre not interested. Some people out there like this stuff. I know its hard for you to understand. Davie, davie, davie. Were wrapping because davie is bored. David is bored. David is bored, so were going to move on. That was terrible. My kind of party. Getting things kicking with Country Music start jason aldean and also smash. I heard you were on that show. When . When . Thats my jam. A housekeeper. A pediatrician. Yeah, that was a third degree booboo a housekeeper. A sanitation engineer. A housekeeper. Good thing i had 5hour energy to keep me going. 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One a day mens 50 is a complete multivitamin designed for mens Health Concerns as we age. It has 7 antioxidants to support cell health. One a day mens 50 . Thats my jam. You are listening to jason aldean singing its country. He followed that up with his title track, big cd my kind of party scoring him his tenth hit and earning him a nomination for the album in 2010. Hes got a new album called night train and its hit number one on the billboard charts, and get this, sold over a million copies. Who are you, fancy . Nice of you to drop by. Hey, i just happened to be in the neighborhood. Of course, you did. We heard a rumor you sold out the garden like that. Yeah. You sold out Madison Square garden in new york city where, by the way, theres not even a Country Music station on the air. There is now. Oh, right. Right, it just started. Theres a new country station here in new york that opened a couple of months, i guess, but, no, this is our first trip here to Madison Square garden. Was that a little intimidating . I mean, youve had so much success, but are there still things that go, oh, new york city, the radio city . Yeah, absolutely. Too because of what you just said. There hasnt been a country Radio Station here in quite a while, so its hard to promote your shows when you come here. You know whats changing, though, i was down in the keys the last couple of weeks, and i was listening to all you and your cohorts on the highway. Which is sirius. Then it goes everywhere. Its making great inroads. That definitely helps a lot, but, you know, i think coming here playing a place like the garden, thats such thats cool. Thats such a cool venue, and to come in and sell it out, it was great, but to sell it out that quick, was not quite what you know. Its interesting. Its unique. Sometimes you hear a country song, and you say automatically i know exactly what this is. You have a little country, a little rap going on. Tell us about your style. Well, you know, i grew up in middle georgia, which is, you know, hotbed for southern rock music. Allman brothers country . Absolutely. I grew up listening to country, southern rock, blues, r b, you know, a little bit of everything. Just from my hometown, i mean, you got guys like otis redding and little richard, the allman brothers. All came out of that town. You know, i just grew up with a wide range of influences when i was coming up and started playing music. I think whats interesting, too i think it was back in 2003 you almost hung it up because you got dropped by your record label. You had a mortgage. You had a car payment and a baby on the way. Like, everything was going wrong, and then you just sort of turned the beat around. How did you do that . I didnt really do anything. You know, i mean, i had been to nashville pounding away for years, and had a couple of record deals, lost them, and its such a roller coaster ride, isnt it . I ended up i was actually planning on moving back home to georgia, and had another show that i had scheduled for some Record Companies to come out and check the show out and so played that show, and that was, you know that was the show that i got me my deal. Even in the Country Music world where they do actually revere their elderly, not so much on radio anymore. You know, they used to be like if you were a George Strait or Something Like that theyd automatically play your record. And arent they always looking for the next best thing, the new younger sort of like i think thats kind of in any genre of music, but i think, you know, it kind of comes in waves. I mean, it seems like every ten years or so you kind of have this wave of new artists. They kind of tend to take over, you know, radio, but, i mean, country radio still plays guys like George Strait and alan jackson and those guys. I think Country Music more so than any other format of music really respects where we came from and the guys that paved the way for us. Were happy for you. Youre going to perform later on in the show. Absolutely. Excited. Thank you. Sara goes on a ski trip thats anything but downhill. She hits the slope with some courageous kids. Right after this. To look good on the outsidetakes but with 70 of our immune system located in our gut, the core of our health is truly on the inside. Thats why i take new trubiotics. Its a daily probiotic that helps in two ways. One helps support digestive health, the other immune health. Stay true to your health. New trubiotics. From the makers of oneaday. With hotwires low prices, i can afford to visit chicago for my first big race and l. A. For my best friends wedding. Because when hotels have unsold rooms, they use hotwire to fill them. So i got my hotels for halfprice men hotwire hotwire. Com people have doubts about taking aspirin for pain. 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These are the faces of kids of courage. Many of these campers cant walk. Some cant even breathe without assistance, but today theyre hitting the slopes like everyone else here at mount snow. Ready to ski . Who wants to rock right now . I do. Rahali is 12 years old, and she suffers from a neurological disease called cmt. Its kind of like muscular dystrophy, but its a little worse. It wont let me have as much muscle strength as a normal person would. These kids are well taken care of with a diverse team of volunteer medical personnel and ski instructors. Each camper has their own counselor, or buddy. Most of my friends at home, theyre not crippled, so, like so, like, its kind of hard for them to relate to me, so right here at kids of courage, like, i have friends who can relate to me, and its really awesome. Here we go. They encourage fun, but have one strict rule. No parents allowed. I notice there are no parents on this trip. Why is that . They love their parents, and obviously parents love them, but they also are the ones who are telling them to put in their g tubes, take their medicine, go to sleep on time, lets go to the doctor. And what we wanted to do is provide an environment which is away from all that. Ari cofounded the nonprofit when he was 20 years old. With yearround adventures, trips, and shopping sprees, skiing is just one of the highlights. They want to be like every other child. Thats what we want to give them. We want to give them an opportunity to go down the slope and scream and yell and have a great time and interact with other kids and to really just live life to the fullest, which is what they deserve. Kids of courage, its our last run. Lets hear it i was inspired. I went up the mountain with sarah solomon, but going down i was on my own. I have been known to fall. This is the first time that im skiing by myself. Youre going to go by yourself . I usually just sit there and chill, but today im at work. Yeah awesome first time i ever skied. With an atmosphere of friends and activity no mountain is too high for these kids. At home i cant feel adventurous stuff like this, so i want to get the full experience. Did you get the wind in your face . Yeah, i got a lot of wind in my face. Maybe a little snow . Yeah. Yeah, and the kids of courage runs entirely on the generosity of their volunteers. Partners like abilities plus and the ski instructors and donations. The kids dont have to pay a single dime. I love that story. Those kids are amazing. They are having the time of their lives. Thank you, sara. Thank you, honey. Smash star megan hilty tells us why she has plenty to sing about. Well have a performance by Country Music star jason aldean after your local news. Were back on this booze day tuesday with more of today. On broadway she played glenda in the musical wicked. Now on smash meagan hilty stars as the seasoned singer actor dancer ivy lynn who has some advice for an equally talented performer played by jennifer hudson. Take a look. Was it the accent or the hair . He is a genius. I cant resist. If he is such a genius, why would i rather be in my dressing room than on stage . He is tough. Its true. He